He believes current NBA players are suffering soft tissue injuries because they are not working or practicing as hard as they did in the past.

“I think I'm not sure if guys work as hard as they as guys used to.”

Stephen A. Smith expresses frustration that Kawhi Leonard is rarely available for the postseason despite being an elite player.

“I know his injuries are legitimate but I find myself so frustrated because when this dude is on the court he is one of the top five elite players in the game but he's almost never available especially for you in the postseason”

Tyronn Lue asserts that Kawhi Leonard's frequent unavailability is due to unfortunate injury luck rather than a lack of work ethic or desire to play.

“like it's not like he said okay we get to the playoffs I don't want to play like it's been some some tough days you know some tough nights and you know I've talked to kawhai and nights where he's you know almost cry just talking about you know how he's let the team down but you can't you can't do an”